pellitory of Spain
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English
Noun
pellitory of Spain (uncountable)
- Any of several plants having edible, pungent leaves or roots, especially Anacyclus pyrethrum.
- 1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., volume II, page 183:
- CHEWING-BALLS, a kind of balls made of aſafœtida, liver of antimony, bay-wood, juniper-wood, and pellitory of Spain; which being dried in the ſun, and wrapped in a linen-cloth, are tied to the bit of the bridle for the horſe to chew: they create an appetite; and it is ſaid, that balls of Venice treacle may be uſed in the ſame manner with good ſucceſs.
Translations
Anacyclus pyrethrum
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